If she is not able to prove it, then I shall consider very earnestly of the matter.

Answer now, Moon of Israel, remembering that many thousands of lives may hang on what you say." "O your Highness," began Merapi.

Then she paused, clasped her hands and looked upwards.

I think that she was praying, for her lips moved.

As she stood thus I saw, and I think Seti saw also, a very wonderful light grow on her face and gather in her eyes, a kind of divine fire of inspiration and resolve.
"How can I, a poor Hebrew maiden, prove to your Highness that my God is the true God and that the gods of Egypt are false gods?
I know not, and yet, is there any one god among all the many whom you worship, whom you are prepared to set up against him ?" "Of a surety, Israelite," answered Userti.